Means for covering cleaned garments



Patented Sept. 1, 1931 UNTED STATES JOSEPH C. SEIDLER, F WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA MEANS FOR COVERINGVCLEANED GARMENTS Application filed. August 2, 1929. Serial No. 382,911.

This invention relates to garmentapplying apparatus designed primarily for use in cleaning and. pressing shops and in garment manufacturing plants.

The primary objectof the invention is to provide an apparatus which enables the garment, following cleaning or pressing, to bey easily and quickly placed into a cover, such as a paper bag, so as to protect-said gar- 'l ment prior to delivery to the customer.

The present practice is to insert the gar ment into the bag or cover through the open bottom of the latter, the garment being held in one hand and the bag in the other, but with this practiceV the garments frequently come into contact with the floor or other objects and become soiled. The present inventionaims to provide an apparatus which enables the cover to be applied to the garment without any possible soiling thereof as in the present practice.

The invention further aims to provide an apparatus of this type which is of simple and compact construction, occupying a small amount of space and which enables the cover to be easily and quickly applied.

In describing the invention in detail, ref erence is herein had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the invention partly broken away; y

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modified form of the invention, partly broken away and in section; andf 3* Fig. 3 is a front elevation of Fig. 2, also partly broken away and in section.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 1, a vertical standard 1 is employed to the bottom of which is attached a base flange 2 adapted to rest on the. ioor of the Shop, a lateral arm 3 being attached at the opposite end or top of the standard. Secured to and depending from the outer end of the arm 3 is a tube 4, said tube having its lower end terminating at a distance above the level of the base flange 2. Said tube 4 is provided with a longitudinal slot 5 extending throughouty the major portion of its length, a cap 6 being secured to the lower end of said 5 tube and carrying a hook 7 Qll Vertically slidable interiorly of the tube 4 is a cylindrical member 8 carrying a hook 9, said hook 9 projecting outwardly throughv the slot y5. Adjacent the upper end of the tube isjournalled a pulley 10, over which is trained a cord 11, one end of said cord being secured to the cylindrical member'S, while its opposite end is disposed exteriorly of the tube and has a hand grip l2 secured thereto. The member 8 possesses such `6o weight that it normally occupies its fully lowered position and willv return by gravity to such position following release of the pull cord 11 employed for elevating it.

In operation, a top of a garment cover C, here shown in the form of a bag open at its bottom, is engaged over the hook 9, as shown at E, following which the end of the cord having the hand grip 12 is pulled downwardly, thereby raising the member 8 and L70 thereby-carried bag to the full line position shown in Fig. 1. The garment Gr, arranged on the usual hanger H, is then suspended from the hook'. following which the cord is released and the cover C moved downwardly to enclose the garment, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the garment being received' through the open bottom of the bag.

v The hook of said hanger is then disengaged from the hook 7, whereupon the garment is 80 ready for delivery to the customer.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the upper end of the tube 4 is closed by means of a cap 13 having an eye 14 therein. Said eye 14 is provided .5.5 in order that the tube may be suspended from the ceiling, as by means of a hook in the ceiling. This modified form of the invention is distinguished from that shown in Fig.

1 in that the latter can be moved about the 99 shop as desired, the base being weighted to sustain the standard upright. Or, the base 2 may be permanently secured to the floor,

as by means of screws.

In both forms of the invention it will be ,95 noted that the cleaned or pressed garment is supported in a fixed position so that in loweringl the base thereover the hands of the operator need not touch the garment, thereby preventing soiling.

VVhet iS claimed is- A garment-cover applying apparatus Comprising ay vertically depending stationarily supported tube having,` therein a longi- 5 tudinally extending slot, a cap lined on the lower end of Said tube and closing the lower end of said slot, a hook attached to Said cap for supporting a garment hanger, a member vertically ehiftable Within and adapted lo normally to occupy lowered position with respect to said tube, aV cover support earried: by said member, said support being projected outwardly through and movable along said slot in vertical shifting movelfm'ents of said member, a pulley in the upper end of said tube, and a pull-oord 'trained over said pul1ey,. one end of Said cord being attached to said shittable member yand the other end being disposedy exteriorly of the tube and affording means whereby said mein- `ber maybe elevated and lowered relative to the garment supporting' hook, and moving ai cover borne by said support out of and intoenclosingrelationto a garment suspend- 5 ed from said hook.

I 'In testimony whereof, I afIiX my signature.

v JOSEPH C. SEIDLER.

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